Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Cooper Union Announce Student Exchange and Collaborative Research Program
Agreement will enrich academic experience
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art today announced an academic agreement that includes collaboration on research and academic programs, effective immediately.
Through this agreement, matriculated ISMMS doctoral students and Cooper Union students will each be able to take courses at the other institution, with the first registration opportunity in November 2018 for courses in 2019. Students will require approvals by course directors and other relevant officials at the home and host institution, and will be required to meet all of the host institution’s academic and institutional standards.
“This collaboration holds great promise for enriching the academic experiences of our students and those at Cooper Union,” said Marta Filizola, PhD, Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Sharon and Frederick Klingenstein/Nathan Kase, M.D. Professor of Pharmacological Sciences at ISMMS. “Both institutions are committed to a culture of innovation in research and education, and we are excited to offer this unique experience for students.”
“This exchange is great for our students and it's great for New York City,” said Richard Stock, Dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. Referring to Cooper-Union’s commitment to science, technology, engineering, and math, known as STEM, Stock continued.
“By opening up specialized biomedical labs and courses to our engineering students, while offering our world-class engineering resources to ISMMS, we continue to bolster this city as a major location for STEM research.”
Through this collaboration, students at ISMMS and Cooper Union will also be eligible to participate in joint research at each institution. The range of research areas will include: bioengineering, biomedical engineering, proteomics, biomechanics, microbiome, and biomedical computational projects. ISMMS and Cooper Union faculty will jointly advise on collaborative research projects, with the home institution advisor retaining primary supervisory and grading responsibility for the student. Cooper Union faculty will conduct annual workshops on engineering concepts, while ISMMS faculty will present on biomedical concepts.
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